Very famous picture of the philospher, Georg William Fredrick Hegel
Introduction
This is a page all about the German philosopher, Georg W.F. Hegel.
Biography
Georg William Fredrick Hegel lived in the time period of August 1770-November 1831. He was born in Stuttgart Germany. As well as a philosopher, he was a college professor at the University of Jena , and author. The way Hegel saw philosophy was that history ishumanity's path to self-discovery. His way of thinking was dialectic. As an author he wrote philosophical books. On the very day he finished his first novel, Napoleon took over Germany. He was 36 at the time.
For a brief time in his life, Hegel lived with a landlord and worked for a pro-Napoleon newspaper. He was kicked out by his landlord however when hewas having an affair with the landlord's wife.
Hegel got a wife who was half his age and they had two kids together. Hegel died however at the age of 61 in Berlin, Germany from Cholera.
Major Works
The Phenomenologyof the mind in 1806 The Science of Spirit in 1812 The Philosophy of Right in 1821
Quotes
"Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion"
“What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it”
“If you want to love you must serve, if you want freedom you must die.”
“To be free is nothing, to become free is everything.”
“What experience and history teach is this - that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.”
Philosophy
Hegel was influenced by certain people such as Aristotle, Descartes, and Spinoza. Hegel agreed with Spinoza that God and the universe were inseparable. He disagreed with Kant that God was beyond human reason to comprehend.
Hegel was a rationalist who studied metaphysics. His way of thinking was called dialectic. Dialectic means that through the course of history there are two sides to an argument and when that argument is resolved, then a new concept for an argument begins. Some people even describe dialectic as a giant snowball going through history remembering the most important parts.
Philosophy is its own time raised to the level of thought is how Hegel put it.Hegel was the founder of Hegelianism which is a type of philosophy which all reality is capable of being expressed in rational categories.
Some of the philosophers Hegel influenced included Marx, Kierkegaard, and Sartre. Kierkegaard was totally against Hegel however. He didn't agree with a word Hegel said. His philosophy is still really well known today.
Introduction
This is a page all about the German philosopher, Georg W.F. Hegel.
Biography
Georg William Fredrick Hegel lived in the time period of August 1770-November 1831. He was born in Stuttgart Germany. As well as a philosopher, he was a college professor at the University of Jena , and author. The way Hegel saw philosophy was that history is humanity's path to self-discovery. His way of thinking was dialectic. As an author he wrote philosophical books. On the very day he finished his first novel, Napoleon took over Germany. He was 36 at the time.
For a brief time in his life, Hegel lived with a landlord and worked for a pro-Napoleon newspaper. He was kicked out by his landlord however when he was having an affair with the landlord's wife.
Hegel got a wife who was half his age and they had two kids together. Hegel died however at the age of 61 in Berlin, Germany from Cholera.
Major Works
The Phenomenology of the mind in 1806
The Science of Spirit in 1812
The Philosophy of Right in 1821
Quotes
Philosophy
Hegel was influenced by certain people such as Aristotle, Descartes, and Spinoza. Hegel agreed with Spinoza that God and the universe were inseparable. He disagreed with Kant that God was beyond human reason to comprehend.
Hegel was a rationalist who studied metaphysics. His way of thinking was called dialectic. Dialectic means that through the course of history there are two sides to an argument and when that argument is resolved, then a new concept for an argument begins. Some people even describe dialectic as a giant snowball going through history remembering the most important parts.
Philosophy is its own time raised to the level of thought is how Hegel put it.Hegel was the founder of Hegelianism which is a type of philosophy which all reality is capable of being expressed in rational categories.
Some of the philosophers Hegel influenced included Marx, Kierkegaard, and Sartre. Kierkegaard was totally against Hegel however. He didn't agree with a word Hegel said. His philosophy is still really well known today.
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